The Turkish Naval EOD teams destroyed another floating mine in the Black Sea today. According to a news release from the Turkish Ministry of National Defence, a mine believed to be from the Russia-Ukraine War was detected off the coast of Kefken in the Black Sea and subsequently neutralized. The type of mine was not... Continue Reading →
On October 31, the frigate ROS Regele Ferdinand departed from the military port of Constanta to participate in NATO’s Sea Guardian operation in the Mediterranean Sea, running until December 13. The ship passed through Istanbul on 1st November 2024 in the afternoon. This operation, led by NATO’s Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM), aims to deter illegal... Continue Reading →
TCG Yıldırım conducted a port visit in Batumi Georgia last week. According to the Georgian Coast Guard, the purpose of the visit is to conduct a Self Evaluation Level-2 (SEL-2) of the vessels Ochamchire and Dioskuria of the Coast Guard Department of the Border Police of Georgia within the framework of the NATO Operational Capability Concept... Continue Reading →
The deployment of the newest frigate of the Turkish Navy, TCG Istanbul, in the Black Sea between March 2nd and March 12th, 2024, marked a significant milestone. During this deployment, TCG Istanbul conducted the inaugural shipborne launch of the Hisar-D RF air defence missile from the MIDLAS vertical launcher system. This system was developed by... Continue Reading →
I have been trying to keep a list the of damage and losses to the ships both civilian and military, since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The list below is the list of the ships that have been damaged, sunk or seized since 24 February 2022 as of today. I welcome any... Continue Reading →
In this last instalment of my, week-long exploration of the significant naval developments that shaped the maritime landscape from my point of view in 2023, I must confess that little did I imagine back in 2022 that the Russians would tragically lose a submarine to a nation without ASW capabilities in 2023. The vast and... Continue Reading →
The Russian Invasion of Ukraine has brought one of the oldest and maybe one of the most potent and silent killers of the seas back to our daily lives: the sea mines. The first floating mine near Istanbul was spotted on 26 March 2022 by a merchant ship at anchor near the northern entrance of Bosphorus... Continue Reading →
The Russian invasion of Ukraine demonstrated again that nations need to invest regularly in their navies. It is not cheap or simple to build and maintain a navy and keep it up-to-date against contemporary threads. Today we are going to briefly examine the new warship construction or acquisition projects of the Black Sea countries. For... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, when I was writing about the lessons to be learned from the war in the Black Sea, I did not mention the use of expandable USV in detail, as I intend to do that today. Ukraine faced a formidable challenge in reshaping the maritime dynamics of the Black Sea conflict. Illustrating its ability to... Continue Reading →
The maritime theatre of the conflict in the Black Sea region unfolds as a captivating saga of strategic manoeuvres, asymmetric responses, and lessons in the resilience of nations. This was my thought in the early months of 2023 about the war in the Black Sea: In the first few weeks of the invasion, the Russian... Continue Reading →
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